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No admiten ropa informal, salvo los domingos.

No admiten ropa informal, salvo los domingos.
They do not admit informal clothes, except on Sundays.
From Lesson 270:Exclusion markers (excepto, salvo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No admiten ropa informal, salvo los domingos.

What does salvo mean here, and could I use excepto or menos instead?
Salvo means "except" or "save for". You can absolutely swap it with excepto or menos here without changing the meaning. Saying No admiten ropa informal, excepto los domingos or ... menos los domingos is perfectly correct and natural in Spanish.
Is it possible to say salvo en los domingos or salvo a los domingos with a preposition?
No, you should not add prepositions like en or a here. Exclusion markers like salvo, excepto, and menos connect directly to the noun phrase that follows them, which in this case is los domingos.
Why is it just los domingos? Doesn't "on Sundays" need a word for "on"?
In Spanish, you don't use words like en with days of the week. To say "on Sunday", you just use the article: el domingo. Because this is a recurring rule that applies to all Sundays, we use the plural los domingos.
Who is "they" in No admiten?
The verb admiten is in the "they" (ellos/ellas) form, but it acts as an impersonal subject here. It is a common way to state general rules at a business, restaurant, or club, similar to saying "Management does not allow" or "Informal clothes are not allowed."

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